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title: roguish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roguish» in the school dictionary: Roguish means playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roguish

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**Who acts:** Roguish, He, cat, two boys · **What happens:** mean, give, have, be · **To what, where:** playful little naughty, roguish grin, roguish look

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«roguish» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [roguish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roguish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Roguish means playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roguish:m1:1
# text = Roguish means playful and a little naughty or sly, as in a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye.
1	Roguish	roguish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	naughty	naughty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sly	sly	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Roguish | a playful little naughty and a cheeky smile or a twinkle in the eye |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naughty=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He gave a roguish grin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roguish:x1:1
# text = He gave a roguish grin.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	roguish	roguish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | a roguish grin |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grin=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cat had a roguish look.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roguish:x2:1
# text = The cat had a roguish look.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	roguish	roguish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the cat | a roguish look |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The two boys were bold and roguish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roguish:x3:1
# text = The two boys were bold and roguish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	roguish	roguish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the two boys |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the two boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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